Episode 23: The Importance of the First 1,000 Days, with Miriam Calderón
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Miriam Calderón, Chief Policy Officer of Zero to…
In this episode, hosts Bruce Lesley and Messellech Looby chat with Miriam Calderón, Chief Policy Officer of Zero to…
Analysis of Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz policy positions on key children’s issues including federal budget, Child Tax Credit, child health,…
The researchers, brought together to discuss their expertise by the bipartisan group First Focus on Children, recommend that schools…
Child-focused lawmakers join forces to demand action Child-focused lawmakers introduced a bill today to create an independent commission that would…
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, said there’s likely been more movement into CHIP coverage since unwinding…
“Poverty just doesn’t happen,” Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, declared at the launch of the “Children’s Budget,” a…
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